Darkwing Duck and Don Karnage are the most fun to do, because they're both probably the closest to me - I kinda improvise a lot of them, kinda ad lib. Jim Cummings More Quotes by Jim Cummings More Quotes From Jim Cummings I'm usually the guy who says, 'Bruce Willis and Denzel Washington in the Siege'! Jim Cummings denzel siege guy A lot of times people will say, 'Well, gosh, you're really good; you should try acting!' And I say, 'Come on! I'm thesping my little guts out over here.' Jim Cummings acting trying people I grew up watching all the great Disney animated films and to be able to carry that torch and know that I'm contributing to the same magic and wonder for a whole new generation is a great thing. Jim Cummings torches generations magic Everybody can identify with somebody in the Hundred Acre Wood. Jim Cummings acres woods hundred I remember as a kid watching TV and seeing Mel Blanc doing his voices and Paul Winchell doing his ventriloquism and thinking, 'Those guys are having a good time. I want to do that.' Jim Cummings voice kids thinking I had to be on the set for 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' because my character was interacting with Bob Hoskins. It's a lot of 'hurry up and wait.' So there I was, at 2 a.m., sitting in a trailer at Griffith Park trying to stay awake. And I said to myself, 'This stinks.' The way I do it is better. I go into the studio about 10 a.m. There's no makeup to worry about. I can wear whatever I want. As soon I get there, I'm good to go. I record my stuff and go home. Jim Cummings makeup home character It was cool to have Mark [Hamill] ask me to do all these voices for him like he was a fan. I was like, "You're not meeting me, I'm meeting you." Jim Cummings like-you voice fans As a kid, I just loved cartoons. And as the credits went by, I'd study those names and then try to figure how I could get hired to do what Mel Blanc and Daws Butler did. Create all of these great voices for animated characters. Jim Cummings loved try great study One good thing about animation is that, if you do screw up a line, they won't use it. You can keep going until it's right. Jim Cummings right good you keep-going I loved Ray from 'The Princess and the Frog.' He was my guy. There was no Ray before me, so there's a level of satisfaction there. Jim Cummings loved me princess satisfaction As long as it comes across, the characters are well-served, the stories are good, and people like it, that's it for me. I'm a happy guy. Jim Cummings good me happy people I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting in an argument with myself, throwing myself off a cliff, patching myself up and brushing myself off with an arm around my shoulder. Jim Cummings doing job day myself By the time 'Dumbo's Circus' wrapped production of its 120 episodes, I had an agent, and I had scored my first feature film gig. Jim Cummings first circus film time Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue this character with their 'New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' TV series. Jim Cummings actor new who character I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously. Jim Cummings myself voice work character I can picture the character in my head, and the voice just comes out. Jim Cummings picture i-can voice character
